Impact of Text Messaging on Communication

Student's Name

Heidi Hemmer, Minnesota State University, Mankato

1st Student's Major

Communication Studies

1st Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Students' Professional Biography

Heidi Hemmer is a student in Communication Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Mentor's Name

Daniel Cronn-Mills

Mentor's Email Address

daniel.cronn-mills@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

Communication Studies

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Abstract

This study used two focus groups to learn about college students and their use of text messages. All of the students were from the Arts and Humanities College at Minnesota State University. One focus group contained five females and other focus group contained five males. The main focus of this study was to find if text messages displaced face-to-face communication. The results of this study suggest text messages do have a displacing effect on face-to-face communication. But text messaging is not the only technology that has the displacement effect. This study also suggests males and females view text messages differently. The implications of the five themes that emerged are discussed in this study.

Recommended Citation

Hemmer, Heidi (2009) "Impact of Text Messaging on Communication," Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 9, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1058
Available at: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol9/iss1/5

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